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Os Mutantes 'Haih or Amortecedor' An Overwhelming Critical Success

LEGENDARY FRONTMAN SERGIO DIAS TO BE INTERVIEWED ON PUBLIC RADIO INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM "THE WORLD" ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

The release of Os Mutantes recent album "Haih or Amortecedor" is the rarest of accomplishments for a legendary band. After more than three decades away, the revered Brazilian TropicÃ¡lia band has returned with a collection of revolutionary new songs that, far from tarnishing their artistic legacy, serves only to further the Mutantes' status as true musical visionaries. Praise for "Haih or Amortecedor" has been overwhelming from fans and critics alike. And now amidst the bands' triumphant North American tour, longtime band leader Sergio Dias will be stopping by for an in-depth and engaging interview on Public Radio International's popular program "The World" to be aired Friday September 11th on local public radio affiliates.

"it's good to hear a new Os Mutantes record that carries forward the ideals and exploratory spirit that made us all love the band in the first place." - PITCHFORK

"You'd be right to call "Haih" scattershot and exhausting. But the group aims to sound like everything, and most of what it comes up with is fantastic." - LOS ANGELES TIMES

"For all the verbal conundrums and chameleonic arrangements, the revived Os Mutantes rarely sound calculated or contrived. Their response to bleak realities is manic inventiveness and willed optimism. When they break into the chorus (in English) of "NeurociÃªncia do Amor" - "Let us sing to the rainbow of love all together/Yes, singing the music of life we are all one" - they sound like they mean it and that somehow the 1960s didn't end." - NEW YORK TIMES